GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| determinate | having defined limits |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| concentric | having a common center |